When: Ireland vs Afghanistan, 1st T20I, August 20, 2018, 4:00 PM Local time

Where: Bready Cricket Clu, Bready, Northern Ireland

What to expect: Cold cloudy evening with chances of showers. The Bready Cricket Club has hosted just two international games before – one of which was abandoned without a ball being bowled. The only game that was played was a T20I back in 2015, which Ireland lost to Scotland by six wickets.

Team news

Ireland

The bowling attack of the home side has two young additions – the 20-year-old uncapped medium-pacer David Delany and the 18-year-old left-armer Joshua Little – who debuted against Hong Kong two years ago. The two tyros will complement the senior likes of Boyd Rankin and Stuart Thompson.

Squad: Gary Wilson(c), Andrew Balbirnie, Peter Chase, David Delany, George Dockrell, Joshua Little, Andy McBrine, Kevin O Brien, William Porterfield, Boyd Rankin, James Shannon, Simi Singh, Paul Stirling, Stuart Thompson

Afghanistan

Besides chasing series honours, there are a few personal milestones up for grabs for a few of the batting stalwarts. All-rounder Mohammad Nabi is just 5 runs away from 1000 T20I runs, while Samiullah Shenwari and captain Asghar Stanikzai need 34 and 37 runs respectively for the landmark.